Reader: Forget Linger -- for real action, try Lakeview Lounge

There may still be some snow on the ground, but predictions of a warmer weekend have people thinking about patios. And there are plenty of patios to think about around town. Yesterday we offered our suggestions for the five best -- and readers have many, many more (as well as...

By Patricia Calhoun

April 11, 2013

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There may still be some snow on the ground, but predictions of a warmer weekend have people thinking about patios. And there are plenty of patios to think about around town. Yesterday we offered our suggestions for the five best -- and readers have many, many more (as well as a few quibbles with Linger, our Best Rooftop Patio in 2013, which has lost some of its view).

Says Ramsey Lewis Flanagan

Good choices but Lakeview Lounge is my choice for best patio. If you like ambiance, they have a great patio. It has picnic tables and old buckets fllled with sand for your cigarette butts and broken glass. Plus you get to people watch from a great vantage point. You can watch the sad, broken homeless men who fish in Sloan's Lake AND the people waiting for the bus. I dare you to find a more action-packed bar at 9:30 on a Monday morning.

Have you been to Lakeview Lounge, at 2375 Sheridan in Edgewater? What's your favorite patio in the metro area? For view? Drinks? Service? Company? Post your suggestions below, or join the conversation here.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor-in-chief of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame. She’s also received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists. Patricia is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS 12's public affairs roundtable, which has won two Emmys.

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